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Mourners line up outside Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis to pay their respects during the public visitation for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial Thursday in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball’s greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19. He was 92.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Standing outside the Cathedral Basilica as thousands filed inside to pay their respects, Stan Musial’s grandson was thankful.
“Just seeing all this,” Brian Schwarze said, “and I got to play catch with him.”
“I mean, he was my grandfather. But I really do believe I’m starting to understand somewhat what he meant to the whole community,” he said.
Many visitors seemed to treat Thursday’s six-hour public visitation as if it was Stan the Man’s final game day, decked out in team attire and ignoring bitter cold for the chance to get one last glimpse.
In an open casket, Musial was cla...
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